Our advisors are available to discuss any career interest at any point in your career journey! You don’t need to have a career plan or a meeting agenda to chat with an OCS advisor. We look forward to meeting with you!
Yale College students, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences students, and Postdoctoral Scholars can connect with OCS in the following ways:
Need a Resume or Cover Letter? Start here!
- Check out these resume tips, use the OCS downloadable resume templates, the list of resume action verbs, and the resume guidance for formatting to create your draft.
- Yale College students: Have your resume reviewed in your Residential College during weekly office hours by a Marketing Outreach Coordinator.
- GSAS students and postdocs are also encouraged to review tips on converting a CV to a resume.
- Review OCS guidance for cover letters and sample correspondence.
Have a specific question that doesn’t require a full 30-minute meeting?
- Make a virtual “Quick Questions” Appointment (available while classes are in session).
- Quick Question Appointments are often used for Resume and Cover Letter Reviews.
- Log in through Yale Career Link, Choose “Make an Appointment” on the upper right of your homepage, Select Quick Questions from the Type dropdown and then select Check Availaiblity.
- To avoid limiting your options, do not enter date and times which allows you to see all possible options.
Need a longer discussion? Schedule an Advising Appointment (available in-person or virtual)
- Request a career advising appointment through Yale Career Link.
- Choose “Make an Appointment” on the upper right of your homepage
- If you request a virtual appointment, once approved your advisor will email you a Zoom invitation/link for the date and time of your appointment. Please refer to that email to access your Zoom meeting on the day and time of your appointment.
- If you’re coming in person, please find directions to our office here.
- Please do not schedule multiple appointments within two weeks.
- Advising appointments are available year-round.
Attention GSAS Students: You can also make an advising appointment with Suzanne Young, Assistant Dean of Professional Development here.
Alum Advising:
Alums within 1 year post graduation can connect with OCS by requesting an appointment:
- Alums within 1 year post graduation are invited to request a 30-minute appointment online using the Yale Career Link.
Alums Pursuing Graduate and Professional School:
- Meet with an advisor by completing an online form which will in turn give you access to schedule an appointment with a career advisor.
- Click here to access the Appointment Request Form for Graduate and Professional School Advising. Access will be granted withing 48 hours.
Alums can connect with Volunteer Alumni Industry Experts by contacting them directly.
Alums are invited to request an appointment with a cohort of Volunteer Alumni Industry Experts in a variety of industries and functional areas to provide virtual career advising. This diverse group of experienced Volunteer Alums offer personalized career advice in key components of the job search process—from resume and cover letters, networking, job negotiations, interview prep to insights into specific industries. The Alum Volunteers listed in the General Career Advice category will assist you with exploring, choosing, and managing your career path more broadly and not framed within a specific industry.
To review this list of Volunteer Alumni Industry Experts, Descriptions and Contact Information, log into the Yale Alumni Directory Yale Alumni Directory – Login. If you are not registered in the directory, you can register here. Once you are logged in, simply select the Volunteer Alumni Industry Experts from the top list of hyperlinks and that will give you the password to access the page.
Please note that requests to connect with the Alum Industry Experts will be on a first come first served basis as these Volunteers have a set number of appointments each month.
This service is at no cost to Alums.
Cancellation Policy: If you can no longer attend your scheduled appointment, the Office of Career Strategy requests that you cancel 1 business day in advance. This will allow another student to fill that spot. If this is not possible, please cancel at least 2 hours in advance of your appointment through Yale Career Link. If you need to cancel within 2 hours, please email the advisor directly from your appointment confirmation or search for their contact via the staff list. Thank you for your cooperation!
